Cap
Cap noun - A small mass containing medicine to be taken orally.
Mortarboard and cap are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Mortarboard" with "Cap", this nouns are similar.
Mortarboard
Mortarboard noun - An academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top.
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Synonyms for Mortarboard
Nearby Word: mortar
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- In Fleischer Studios' Betty Boop shorts, Grampy has a literal thinking cap, essentially a mortarboard with a blinking Idea Bulb.
Source: Putting On My Thinking Cap -
In this and subsequent episodes, when Grampy is called upon to solve a problem for Betty, he puts on his mortarboard Thinking Cap with light bulb mounted on top.
Source: Idea Bulb -
Companion Cube: Sims with certain aspirations will interact with specific inanimate objects (such as a volleyball wearing a mortarboard cap for Knowledge Sims) if they slip into Desperation mode.
Source: Videogame / The Sims 2
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